Electrical Engineer, High Speed Missiles Avionics Design

Anduril Anduril · Defense · Costa Mesa, CA · Air Dominance & Strike : Air Dominance & Strike Hardware : Electrical Engineering

Electrical Engineer for high-speed missile avionics design at a defense technology company. Responsibilities include end-to-end avionics systems and subsystems development, design, integration, testing, and validation. Requires PCB design, power system analysis, lab equipment proficiency, microcontroller experience, and mixed-signal PCB design.

What you'd actually do

  1. end-to-end avionics systems and subsystems development
  2. design, integration, testing, and validation processes
  3. PCB design
  4. harnessing
  5. process management
  6. cross-functional teamwork

Skills

Required

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent
  • 3+ years of experience designing, testing, and troubleshooting complex system designs
  • power system and electrical loading analysis, simulation, and testing
  • High competence using lab test equipment (benchtop power supplies, electronics loads, oscilloscopes, DMM, logic/spectrum analyzers, etc.)
  • familiarity of thermal and EMI test chambers
  • using basic software debugging tools
  • Familiarity with common electrical bus interfaces (CAN, I2C, SPI, Ethernet, RS232/422, RS485, USB)
  • Exceptional organization and communication skills (both written and oral)
  • Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. security clearance
  • Experience with power design and power management systems
  • Hands-on experience with microcontrollers, including bring-up and design work
  • Knowledge of modern analog and digital electronics and electronic circuits
  • Experience designing mixed-signal PCBs with multiple layer counts, layer stackup and impedance matching for power and sensor applications, understanding correct grounding approaches and employing appropriate board protections and filtering
  • Understanding of low voltage and high voltage power electronics and control systems in order to capture system interconnect diagrams and drive cable harnessing designs with proper wire and connector selection

Nice to have

  • Hands-on experience designing and integrating electrical systems into high-speed air vehicles or missiles
  • Familiar with high end consumer or military embedded systems design
  • Experience with power systems including batteries and AC power.
  • Develop low-level firmware for bring-up and test
  • Background in defense and missile systems.
  • Comprehensive understanding of the effects of temperature and vibration on electrical designs

What the JD emphasized

  • high speed avionics development